Paraphrases From David’s Psalms (Emma Lyon Poems)
Paraphrased From David's Psalms. Psalm XIX.THE arched heavens ere since the birth of timeInstruct the earth, in characters sublime, ...
Emma Lyon Poems (48 Poems)
An Ode On Hope (Emma Lyon Poems)
HOPE , heavenly maid! to thee I sing, Who hovering round the anguish'd heart, Dost steep ...
Lines To D. F*****, Esq. Barrister (Emma Lyon Poems)
IS there on earth a charm more firmly binds,Than gentle gratitude congenial minds?That Goddess now, at whose soft shrine I ...
Stanzas To The Moon (Emma Lyon Poems)
TO thee, bright Orb, my humid eyes I raise; To thee I sigh, reflecting as I gaze,How dark earth's ...
Lines: Written to my Sister during her Passage to the West Indies (Emma Lyon Poems)
MY soul with joyful gratitude surveys The cheerful sun each day more splendid rise!The softest breezes fan me as ...
Conclusion (Emma Lyon Poems)
Descend , O Muse, With More Than Wonted Fire,Ere Deadly Silence Steals Upon My Lyre; Come, Let The Solemn ...
An Ode To Indifference (Emma Lyon Poems)
BE thou, Indifference! my song,And as life's days glide careless on, I'll shed no sorrowing tear;If thou wilt in ...
Lines Addressed To The University Of Cambridge (Emma Lyon Poems)
AS late the Muse in silent hour I sought,And chanc'd to rove the various field of thought,Where many a trifle ...
Stanzas, Sung With Great Applause At The Anniversary Meeting Of The Society Of Friends Of Foreigner (Emma Lyon Poems)
ARISE ! O generous band, rejoice, Awake the lyre's melodious voice!Who glory in the fostering care That cheers ...
Ode to Spring (Emma Lyon Poems)
WAFT , Halcyon pow'r, thy gentle gales In murmurs through the mellowing air;Come, strew with cheerful green the vales, ...
An Ode To Fortune: On My Birth Day (Emma Lyon Poems)
AH ! Fortune, turn thy mazy wheel,If aught of good the fates conceal, To cheer my natal day;To scatter ...
The Beggar Boy. A Tale. (Emma Lyon Poems)
OH ! Lady, listen to my tale, 'Twill drive the roses from thy cheek;"Let soft humanity prevail, "And ...
Lines To The Muse (Emma Lyon Poems)
ONCE more, O Muse, (though long my lyre unstrung,)Arise, and break the silence of my tongue:Come, join with fancy in ...
Ode To Winter (Emma Lyon Poems)
WHEN Winter's silver mantle spreads the ground, And robes fair nature in her vestment pale,My wand'ring eyes gaze o'er ...
Lines On Envy (Emma Lyon Poems)
OH ! that amid this wandering maze of care,Where short-liv'd pleasure meets o'erwhelming woeAt every turn; e'en where bright virtue ...
Revenge: An Ode (Emma Lyon Poems)
STERN tyrant! blot on nature's brow! Accurst Revenge! of darkness bred;Engender'd on the dismal bough, Whence issu'd all ...
The Maniac, A Song (Emma Lyon Poems)
BEHOLD yonder Maniac! how swiftly she flies, O'er hills, and o'er mountains, still deep'ning her sighs,She laughs at the ...
The Maniac A Song (Emma Lyon Poems)
BEHOLD yonder Maniac! how swiftly she flies, O'er hills, and o'er mountains, still deep'ning her sighs,She laughs at the ...
Ode To Autumn (Emma Lyon Poems)
FAREWEL , sweet shelter of the vernal grove, For lo! sad Autumn, desolating pow'r!Along the vales thy faded beauties ...
Ode on Death (Emma Lyon Poems)
OF thee, pale monarch, death! my verse shall sing, Though chilling moisture dews each tuneful string;And thou, sad willow, ...
An Ode On Anger (Emma Lyon Poems)
WHO shall paint Anger in his furious form? The gloomy frown, the flashing of the storm,The violence that overleaps ...
The Flights Of Fancy (Emma Lyon Poems)
HAIL , Fancy, hail! ungovernable pow'r, And tell my bosom how thy mimic art,Out-trav'lling time, can in one fleeting ...
An Ode On Ambition (Emma Lyon Poems)
HOW glorious the breast that in life's early morn, Ambition! enkindles thy flame;Who pants for thy trophies, and longs ...
Ode To Summer (Emma Lyon Poems)
NOW smiling nature gay appears, Sweet emblem of our happy years,When thoughtless of the wintry gloom, Old age, ...
An Ode To Ingratitude (Emma Lyon Poems)
THE sigh that struggles in my breast,The tear that fain would give it rest, Can no relief impart;Since first ...
Ode To Sleep (Emma Lyon Poems)
SWEET Sleep! that unsolicited to all, In night's dark robe descending from the sky,Soft as the dews upon the ...
An Ode On Adversity (Emma Lyon Poems)
ADVERSITY ! whose gloomy face Still haunts my wearied eye,What bosom can thy sorrows chase, By thee once ...
Dedication To Her Royal Highness The Princess Charlotte Of Wales (Emma Lyon Poems)
WHILE thought unbending wings thy playful hour, Say, lovely Princess! dares my Muse advance?Or hope, mild beaming in thy ...
Ode on the Fear of Criticism (Emma Lyon Poems)
OH ! where amid this dreary scene Of enmity and strife,Unvex'd with many a thorn between, Can spring ...
An Ode To Sorrow (Emma Lyon Poems)
PALE sorrow's cloud rests on my Muse's bow'r, And mourns the drooping of each vernal flow'r;"Their early fall," she ...